Just came back from a great weekend racing. It was my 4th time on the 4x bike in about 7months after having a number of broken bones and a winter season away.
Qualifying went well apart from loosing a lot of speed on the first corner. But no crashes was the main aim! 36th
Saturday night practice was good, the weather wasnt too Scottish either!
They had made a great change to the track with a new rock garden with a number of different lines. Nice to see it getting a steep rock section in the 4x too!
Many thanks to Phil Saxena for that :)
Its nice to see a line a world cup where only a few riders will try the fast line and that was one of them!
Racing was great fun, I was sceptical how my gates were going to be but Round 1 I stayed next to Dan Atherton into the next corner but he kept me on the outside and I finished 2nd going through to the next round.
Round 2 was a close call, after a wobbly gate I caught back up and tried going outside on the 1st corner but didnt gain any ground, me and Dan Atherton were scrubbing tyres around the mid section then nearly collided in over the big table jump. In the end he covered his lines well and I finished 3rd.
overall I placed 23rd and it was great to get back on the 4x bike!
As per usual everything is organised with me, JUST in time. My Scott frame is in the post, should arrive monday, then off to Edinburgh, build the bike there…..Then up to Fort William. phew.
Just found this,(below) from back in the days of racing DH on a hardtail. I still love taking my hardtail up the DH tracks and rippin down like a crazed nutter and get that feeling back from when I first started riding!………………….
Extract from www.Descent-world.co.uk
Results MIDLANDS SUPER SERIES, CAERSWS
Hardtail - 12 riders
Yeomans has just moved to Sheep shagging country and is almost neighbours with the Atherton’s. Work has already started on his pump track. I’ll be over NPS weekend on my Flow Hardtail Dan so get it sorted! Dan’s time would have placed him 9th in senior! In 2nd place 3miles off, well almost 19secs was Vince, nice try son. Si Baggot on a hard tail? Dan Yeomans Curtis/Howies/Descent-World 2:34 Vincent Leonard Bath Uni 2:53 Mathew Roberts 2:58 Jayden Warrington DisDirt / Newhoneys.com 3:00 Tim Bradley Bradleys Garage / InGear 3:15
The finished look, with a touch of history and the smell of tyres!
Just entered myself in for the UCI World cup 4x. Fort William on the 6th June
…..happy face…..
Went up North this weekend to visit my good friend Selby up in Edinburgh, also stopped by at Fort William we rode the DH track for the day then the 4x in the eivening.
Great fun, sunny, (spells of course) and most of all no flesh eating midgies! Sweet.
On the 6th & 7th June they hold the World Cup 4x and DH there! watch out for it on www.freecaster.com
Just watched the 4x at Andorra. Wishing I could have made it there to race! Track looked amazing. Anyway…….Well done to Pat C Jenner and Tom Dowie for Strutting their stuff! Keep it up!
The end of the winter season is here. All has ended well with all bones back into place and ready for the biking season. Off to Zermatt now for 18days of ski training, then back to England!……adios champery
……Hiking the ridge in Fornet. Dont slip now!
